https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=349511 Recovery of charas from checked-in baggage, effected with the appellant's key and supported by witness testimony and sealing proceedings, was treated as proof of possession and control, triggering the statutory presumption of conscious possession under the NDPS Act. A baggage search was held not to attract Section 50 as a personal search, especially where the appellant was informed of his right to be searched before a Magistrate or Gazetted Officer and chose search by a customs officer. For charas, the entire recovered weight, not THC content alone, governs commercial-quantity determination. The conviction and sentence were upheld and the appeal failed. en-us Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 08:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=349511 Recovery of charas from checked-in baggage, effected with the appellant's key and supported by witness testimony and sealing proceedings, was treated as proof of possession and control, triggering the statutory presumption of conscious possession under the NDPS Act. A baggage search was held not to attract Section 50 as a personal search, especially where the appellant was informed of his right to be searched before a Magistrate or Gazetted Officer and chose search by a customs officer. For charas, the entire recovered weight, not THC content alone, governs commercial-quantity determination. The conviction and sentence were upheld and the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=349511